Garment-supporter.



G. A. LATIONS.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26, 1912.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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ATES FTEFNT @FFE CHARLES A. LATIONS, O E WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE T0 WORCESTER METAL GOODS WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed June 26, 1912. Serial No. 706,082.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. LATIONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and more particularly to a buckle and webbing which is especially adaptable for use for hose supporters, suspenders and garters,one object of the invention being to so construct the device that the webbing can be quickly and securely fastened to the buckle without resort to stitching, and so that material, both in the webbing and metal for the buckle, will be economized.

A further object is to provide a device of the character described, which shall be rustproof, and to construct the device in such manner as to insure the webbing against slipping, and also to prevent any portion of the metal buckle coming in contact with the person of the wearer.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a structure embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the buckle, and Fig. d is a sectional View of the buckle.

The frame or base of the buckle is made in a single piece and the clamping member is pivotally attached to lugs thereon, so that the entire buckle consists of two pieces.

1 represents the frame or base of the buckle provided at respective ends with lugs or ears 2 having perforations for the reception of the pintles of a toothed clamp or lever 3.

In a plane below the toothed edge of the clamp or lever 3, the frame or base 1 is made with a single elongated slot d, and the upper edge or wall of this slot is made with teeth 5 which are bent or curved slightly in a forward or outward direction so that their pointed extremities will terminate somewhat beyond the vertical plane of the outer face of the frame or base 1. Teeth 6 are also provided at the upper edge of the frame or base 1 and these teeth are also bent or curved somewhat outwardly.

One end of a webbing 7 is passed downwardly between the frame or base 1 and the clamp or lever and then through the slot 4 so that said webbing will be engaged near its extremity by the teeth 5 at the upper edge of said slot. The webbing will then be passed downwardly behind the frame or base and will be engaged by the teeth 6 at the upper edge of said frame or base. The end of the webbing will be thus securely fastened to the buckle without the use of stitching, and the greater the strain to which the webbing is subjected, the more secure will the fastening of the webbing to the buckle become, for it is apparent that when the depending webbing is subjected to downward strain, the upper end portion of said webbing which passes through the buckle will be pulled upwardly into intimate engagement with the teeth 5 at the upper edge of the slot 4, and the portion of the webbing passing over the top of the frame or base will be pulled into firm engagement with the teeth 6,both sets of teeth thus acting to securely hold the end of the webbing to the buckle and prevent possibility of slipping.

From the upper edge of the buckle, the webbing extends downwardly behind the buckle (forming a cushion for the latter and preventing contact of the metal of the buckle with the person of the wearer) and is formed into a loop 8 and then passed through the buckle so as to be engaged by the toothed clamp or lever 3. V The loop 8 serves to support an attaching device 9 of any preferred form of construction, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

A buckle comprising a frame provided with a free upper toothed edge, said frame having a single slot near its lower edge and provided with outwardly projecting specification in the presence of two subteeth at the upper edge of said slot and a scribing Witnesses. clamping lever pivotally mounted on said frame and having teeth disposed below the CHARLES LATIONS' free upper toothed edge of the frame and Witnesses: above the slot in the latter. LEON E. FEL'roN,

In testimony whereof, I have signed this EARLE BROWN.

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